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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: maisie666 on Wednesday 27 February 13 16:09 GMT (UK)
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Hi - can anyone tell me if there is a way to trace what happened to British Home Children after they arrived in Canada please. As they travelled over in 1912 there is no census information available yet. Any ideas gratefully received.
Thanks very much
Maisie
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This might help Maisie:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/022/022-908.009-e.html
Carol
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Hi Maisie,
Do you have any names?
Karen
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Is it Fred and Matthew?
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Another website to try www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tweetybirdgenea
Lilybell
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Wow - that was quick! Yes, Karen, it is Fred (also known as Charles) and Matthew. I think another brother, Thomas, was also sent seperately, but I haven't looked into that at all yet. I know the ship (Corsican) and the date that Fred and Matthew arrived (July 1912), but would like to find any info about them from then on if possible.
Many thanks
M
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It looks like Matthew served in the First World War. He lists Chas. Sullivan, his brother as his next of kin. Chas is living in Quebec at the time, and Matthew signed up in Haileybury, Ontario
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gat3/124387a.gif
You can order Matthew's full military file from Library and Archives Canada.
Karen
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Hi Lilybell - thanks for posting the link, but I think it is broken. It takes me to British Military records on Ancestry - can I do a search for it?
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The 1921 Canadian Census is due to be released June 1, 2013. Not sure how long it will take for it to be made "available" to everyone as Library and Archives Canada will have to digitize it, but hopefully it won't take long.
Karen
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return of Matthew Sullivan on the Carmania - Liverpool to Halifax - on 17 Mar 1919. #3034614. His destination was Montreal although it did say to "mother".
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Can you give us the names of the parents?
PB
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Thanks everyone for all the info - it certainly gives me a lot more to look into! The parents were Matthew and Susannah Sullivan from West Derby, Liverpool.
A 21 yr old 5'2" bushman with a saddle nose certainly conjures a picture and sounds like one of my lot! Any clues what a bushman did?!
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You could try googling Tweetybirdgenealogy Homepage
I have found a border crossing record which could be for Mathew will take another look see
Lilybell
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Any clues what a bushman did?!
I would think one who worked in the bush, clearing logs etc.
Karen
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Is Bush the same as forest Karen? M
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Yes, it would be the same. Haileybury is quite close to the Quebec border. Here's a bit of information on the the Town, now known as Temiskaming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temiskaming_Shores
Here's another link on the History of Haileybury and the great fire of 1922
http://www.temiskamingshores.ca/en/cityhall/history.asp
Karen
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Thanks Karen - if I can help with any of your Devon research, just let me know! M
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Bushman on military records could mean he worked in Sugar Bush
Maple sugar trees.
Lilybell